When the smoke cleared, everyone realized that Lector had vanished, seemingly reduced to dust.
"Lector ...!" Sting shouted.
"It's an eyesore! Absolutely an eyesore! A piece of trash actually dared to have my guild's emblem engraved on him!" Jieman continued to rant.
"Ahhh... glaze!" Sting stood up and screamed loudly, tears streaming down her face;
"You're so noisy, Sting!"
Sting trembled as he said, "You... you did... what did you do?"
"Shut up! It's just a cat!" Jieman said, but before he could finish, "Boom..." Sting Jieman the abdomen! Jieman coughed up blood and collapsed.
Everyone was shocked to see their father fall, but Minerva smiled and said, "That's right...!"
Meanwhile, Natsu, along with Gajeel and Wendy, arrived at the Grand Magic Games arena—the Sting had breached earlier that day—and began walking through the passageway.
"Hey...! I said, is it okay for us to just walk in like this? The Competition Arena is closed right now! But what exactly do we need to do here?" Gajeel said somewhat impatiently;
"It seems the venue for the last day's match has changed, so coming here isn't a problem. But what exactly is going on with Natsu?" Wendy said.
"I smelled a peculiar scent when I fell here during the match today," Natsu said, then continued sniffing as he walked forward with his eyes closed.
"Could it be related to Dragon Slayer Mages?"
What could it be?
"Even so, there are still people joining in the fun!" Happy, Lili, and Charle said;
Gray said casually, "Are you talking about her?"
Lucy smiled and said, "Because we care a lot!"
"This is it! The source of the smell is right here..." Natsu suddenly said, opening his eyes;
The group looked up and were all astonished by what they saw: enormous skeletons appeared before them.
"This is..."
"Animal carcasses...!"
"Dragon's bones...! This is the Dragon's Graveyard...!" Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy said in unison, their voices trembling.
Chapter Thirty-Four: The Origin of the Dragon King Festival
Several people stood at the exit of the passage, staring at the enormous skeletons, which seemed to bear the marks of injury. Gazing at this Dragon Graveyard, they were speechless with astonishment.
"Are these all dragon skeletons?" Happy exclaimed in surprise;
"Many...!"
"Are you sure the dragons really exist in that place?!"
"What's going on here? How can there be so many dragons?"
"Who knows...!"
"Perhaps Igneel's remains are here...!" Happy suddenly exclaimed.